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Honor God in ALL things, even the entertainment we choose.

   Recently I have realized that I have been more than willing to eagerly expose myself to movies and music that are not honoring to God. How can I and many other Christians enjoy entertainment that is so counter to God and gratuitously uses His and His Son's name in vain and blasphemy? Earlier this evening I was reading comments on a forum thread at crosswalk.com and I could not believe the rave reviews and positive comments Christians were making concerning a very dark(evil) movie, The Dark Knight. I am one who can be easily drawn to such movies that are very action packed and exciting and think nothing wrong with the offensive material included like blasphemies and other in appropriate content. It seems to be completely hypocritical for us to call ourselves Christians and eagerly seek out such anti-Christian entertainment. It used to be shocking when some one took the Lord's name in vain and was never done on the "big screen" or in other forms of entertainmnet. Today, a Christian will sit and watch PG,PG-13, and R rated movies with gratutitous violence, sexual content and blasphemies and think nothing of it. We, as Christians are held to a higher standard by our Lord and I for one am ashamed of what I have exposed myself and my family to. I encourage and exhort my brothers and sisters to be more selective in choosing their entertainment and ask themselves if this movie or song or book would be one they would recommend to Jesus. When you ask yourself that question it really causes you to stop and take your Christianity seriously. There are plenty of alternatives to the offensive garbage the secular entertainment industry is putting out, but even if there weren't, let us do more to honor God our Father in ALL that we do.
 
Ren
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"CHRISTIAN LEADERS" MOCK GOD & SELVES.

This blog entery is in response to the news that "Christian leaders" have thrown their support behind John McCain.
Note: I used to think this way too.
 
This is bad news for Christians every where! Another example of poor, weak, compromising, pathetic "Christian leadership" that cow tows to the gop instead of standing and demanding more from politicians. The same "leadership" that refuses to support better, more godly candidates because they have the wrong party affiliation, ie: Michael Paroutka in 2004, because as they walk by sight and not by faith, they say he can not win so we must compromise our values to win. Compromise does not honor God, it mocks Him. Its not about winning, its about standing on Christian values 100% and having the guts to not vote at all if there is no godly candidate available. These leaders mock themselves by claiming to be Christ's and yet supporting those who are for what God is against. Let me remind you that McCain has done a lot of flip floping and his support of embryonic stem cell research makes him pro-abortion (see www.ontheissues.org)and that is the most egregious, abomination to God, the slaughter of the innocent, that one can support. These "leaders" do not act like Christians, they act like pragmatists justifying their fearful position by saying things like "We're not suggesting that McCain supports 100% of the values we support. We are, however, saying that he is an individual of integrity and that he would support our values more than obama". This is  supporting "the lesser of 2 evils" and is un-acceptable to God and  has given us the bloody, 35 year road to the "incremental" end of infanticide(abortion) for you who like the sanitized, pc terminology. God will not reward compromise and fear and incrementalism. We must stand firm on what is right and support only those that will fully support us as Christians. This is God's world and it should be run as he designed and it is our duty to see that our little corner of it be run according to His plan.

These "leaders" don't even have the guts to use strong language in their 10 common goals when addressing the issue of in utero child killing. There is no mention of what the "faith community" should/will do to STOP the murder of these precious little ones, just caring for the poverty stricken and distressed and stating the obvious, the sanctity of life from conception.
 
The 10 common values aren't worth the paper they are written on because these leaders are willing to compromise their stand at any time to support candidates that will "not be in 100% support or their values". If some one does not support what God supports, what true Christians are suppose to support, DON"T support them.
 
Also, please don't mock our founding fathers by pledging what they pledged. They were ready, willing and able to fight a revolution to stand for the right things, the things God stands for, and they did and some lost it all, including their lives and there was no compromise in them. Give me liberty or give me death! No settling for the lesser of 2 evils there.
 
 
Chris Earl (Ren) 
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PEOPLE OF FAITH?

I saw a bumper sticker yesterday (7/7/08) which read "people of faith" for Kerry. That started me thinking, What does "people of faith" mean? Faith in what? Faith in the one and only God? Faith in a certain religion? Faith in a certain doctrine? I used to think a "person of faith" was one that believed in the one and only triune God.
The reason for my confusion is that I see on bumper stickers, billboards and tv and hear on radio or in conversation that "people of faith" are for such things or support people that are for such things as the murder of unborn children, embryonic stem cell research and homo-sexual marriage and the homo-sexual life style.
 
Now, if God makes it clear in His word how we are to believe and act as His followers through Christ His Son, how can "people of faith" believe or act opposite of what God says and be "people of faith"? To profess to be a "person of faith" and yet  act Not, like a "person of faith" according to God's definition is an abomination to God. People who support what God does not support should stop fooling themselves and stop dragging God's name through the mud by implying that by their claim to "faith" that He supports things He obviously does Not. God loves us and is merciful and Just and hates all sin. These "people of faith" who support the sins of murder and homo-sexuality and justify it need to stop referring to themselves as "people of faith"!
 
These poor people are lost souls who have been fooled by their fellow man or by the devil himself and have yet to be called into a true and authentic conversion by God, through His Holy Spirit, to faith in Christ His Son as their Lord and Savior. If this ever happens to these folks then and only then will they really be "people of faith".
 
Ren.
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THE CHURCH IN AMERICA IS FAINT HEARTED AND LUKE WARM.

We the Christian people of this country have settled for weak in doctrine, faint hearted, church leadership. Many of the men leading the church in America today are more concerned with losing their 501 3 c standing than preaching the truth and standing firmly and boldly against the vile and evil things that go on un-mitigated in this country that as a "Christian" nation we should not tolerate. This weak leadership has been passed on to those in the pews where luke warm, tickle my ear, easily offended by the truth men sit with their families to hear a feel good message that does nothing to bring them along spiritually from milk to meat. It is deplorable, for example, when a church deacon board will not take an overt stand on such things as the murder of the unborn and other sensitive issues like mens and womens roles in the church and modesty, actually restricting a pastors from speaking on these things. The men that lead the church in America need to get hot for the Lord and His truth and speak it lovingly to their congregations and have the guts to get involved in standing against the evils being perpetrated in this country that God tells us to stand against. They need to lead the men and their families in their congregations out of the pews and into the streets sharing the Gospel and fighting against things like unborn child assasination on demand. Deacon boards and elder boards that sheepishly lead a church body are an abomination and their luke warmness and political correctness is despicable. Pastors need to stand up to these boards or find another congregation that wants to hear God's truth without the politically correct filter being applied to make every one feel good so they'll stay in the pews and keep on giving so the church can build that new rec center addition. The church is weakening from this watered down preaching and shrinking in that while there may be more people in the pews, fewer are really fruit bearing, authentic Christians. God tells us to "quit ye like men" so lets get with it church leaders, deacons, elders and pastors and get fired up to do whats right without fear or hesitation and forget about political correctness or whether some one will be offended by God's word. The truth will offend and hurt and convict and that is good so we can mature and grow in our Christian devotion and walk.
 
May God raise up godly men to lead the church in America and get it turned around.
 
Ren.
 
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SENATOR McCAN'T CAN NOT MAKE UP HIS MIND EITHER.

 Senator John McCan't seems to have trouble making up his mind on the issues too, just like Barack "change" Obama (see Change!Definitely Right Theme For Obama Campaign blog from July 3rd). How any one can choose between the 2 of these guys is beyond me because they evidently can't be trusted to take a firm stand on anything because they might have to change their position later for political gain or expediency. Senator McCan't can't win in November because Obama is better at the flip/flop, BS game than him and at generating energy and enthusiasm among the people. McCan't is not exciting and inspiring and will not be able to garner enough support to win the election. He is especially weak among true, authentic Christians who can not compromise their 100%, no exception, anti-abortion position and embryonic stem cell research opposition. He has also had a mixed voting record on banning/no banning same sex marriage and ultimately copped out and said leave it in the hands of the states. Why give the states soveriegnty on some issues and not others? Cop out, convenience, gets him off the hook.
 
Note: See the following website to see the candidates postion on issues and follow the flip/flop trail. www.ontheissues.org
 
Later.
 
Ren
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CHANGE! DEFINITELY RIGHT THEME FOR OBAMA'S CAMPAIGNE.

Senator Obama has definitely chosen his campaign theme well as he continues to flip/flop and "change" his view on issue after issue. I can see why he has this theme of "change" because he "changes" his mind on everything and I suspect that is all the "change" we will see from an Obama presidency. Once he is in it will be the pathetic politics as usual from the extreme liberal perspective. It's really sad to see how gullable or perhaps desparate people are to have this guy become president that they do not recognize the empty retoric he espouses. I suspect he will continue to baffle us with his B.S. and non-answers to important questions all the way to the white house.
 
Ren.
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WHERE HAVE ALL THE CHRISTIAN MEN GONE?

Where have all the Christian men gone? There are millions in this country that profess Christ as Lord and Savior, but far fewer that act like men of God. Too many professing Christian men are absent in the roll of family headship, of being the proper husband and father according to God’s commands. Christian manhood is not an easy role to fulfill. I have been struggling with it for many years myself and I am appalled and ashamed of my failure, being either afraid or too lazy to stand up and do what Christian men must do. I apologize for my failures at home and out in the world. With that said, I am now in the midst of a great overcoming and am compelled I believe by our Lord to write this message on a specific issue in which Christian men and their families must be willing to get involved.

What is this issue? It is the most important issue after sharing the Gospel as a vessel for the Lord God.

Christian men and their families need to faithfully and boldly step out and get pro-actively involved, nay, Radically Involved in sharing the Gospel and standing against the murder of un-born children. All life is precious to our Father in heaven and because Christian men have been weak and fearful, more afraid of man than of God, over 45 million innocent, precious children have been slaughtered, their little bodies ripped to pieces and sucked out of their mothers’ wombs’. The womb should be the safest place on earth for a child to be yet due to our (Christian men) fear, or worse indifference it has become one of the most dangerous places on earth for a baby to be, a bloody tomb.

46% of women in this country aged 50 and under have turned the womb into a house of terror and pain for the little residents which take abode in it. This has got to Stop and I am taking a stand with my family and I exhort all men who claim Christ as Lord and Savior to overcome their fear, laziness or indifference and get involved in stopping this most heinous crime against God and humanity, a true holocaust.

I am intentionally using stark terms and descriptions to get the attention of and perhaps raise the ire of Christian men who have been as I have for so long, a poor and pathetic example of a male person more concerned with temporal things than eternal things. God is Loving, Merciful, Forgiving and Just. We will be judged for what we have done or not done while here on this earth and many of us are falling way short of what we should be doing for the Lord as stewards of His world.  

Shame on the man who cowers and is afraid of what mere men can do to him and shame on me for being one of these cowardly men. May God forgive me and will you brethren pray for me to continue to grow in courage and boldness for God’s glory and honor to be the kind of man that will stand against evil without fear and continue to exhort my brothers to get in the trenches and help stop the insanity of the war against un-born children.

I will write more on this issue as the Lord leads.

In Christ Jesus,

Christopher Earl – a son of God, husband and father.

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IT IS OUR FAULT.

Those who are in elected office at all levels in this country have failed miserably in their duty to protect the rights of an entire class of Americans. The class of citizens I am referring to is the fully alive, un-born ones. We the people have failed these tiny citizens by not demanding that the right to life be fully extended to them as it is to us who are fully alive outside the womb. American citizens rights do not depend upon where they reside or take abode, location does not matter. All citizens born and un-born have the same rights, yet our government has determined that the rights of those citizens in the womb are non-existent. Our failure to put enough men of godly character with the will and/or desire to do the right thing in government has led to the paid assassination of over 45 MILLION un-born U.S. citizens over the last 35 years by juvenile “hit men”, often paid with our tax dollars, under the guise of “choice”. The crime of murder is being perpetrated against these precious little ones and the murderer (the doctor?) and accessory to murder (the mother) go scot free because the un-born citizen has not the basic right to life. What an outrage! If you or I murdered some one in cold blood, premeditated in the 1st degree we would and should get the death penalty according to God’s law, which is the law this country, a “Nation under God” is supposed to be subject to, for that crime against our fellow citizen. The discrimination against the un-born and their right to life MUST STOP post haste.

We the people have allowed our government to be filled with men of immoral or amoral character, indifferent to the truth of a clear black and white delineation between right and wrong. Men who will say anything to get put in office and will pander to any group they think they can dupe into supporting them, including Christians, Blacks, Hispanics and Homosexuals. They speak with a forked tongue and really have no character, no desire to do what is right according to God’s law.

The men of this nation that claim Christ as Lord and Savior, must overcome the fear, laziness or perhaps the indifference that keeps them from taking radical action to turn things around in this country. Permitting the lives of 45 MILLION Americans to be snuffed out “legally” under man’s law, just because they are not yet born, is Outrageous. This is clearly wrong and evil and God commands men to stand against ALL evil and to defend woman and children (born & un-born) from harm, protecting them with our very lives if necessary. We must not be afraid, lazy or indifferent toward our God given duty and responsibility.

Our rulers are to be just and honest men in service to God and the people who put them in elected office. Our country is not being led by these types of men and this is evident by the fact that child murder on demand and other heinous sins are allowed to go on and are condoned by our leaders as “choice” or “life style”. Un-born child murdering organizations are given our tax money every year by a government that is supposed to be headed by and have in it Christian men. I see no fruit of this being the case and shame on “we the people” for putting these weak and cowardly men in office over us. Christians fearful, faithless behavior in the voting booth has put un-godly men over us and Christians turned pragmatists when election time rolls around has permitted the “lesser of 2 evils” to rule. God would not have us make such a choice as the “lesser” of 2 evils. Let us not vote at all if no godly man is available to vote for. Let us start now to encourage godly men who will stand for what is right to run for office as independents and let not a “party” affiliation” be the reason for support, but the man’s character and commitment to God first. I believe a godly man should run for office as an independent man of God, not affiliated with a “party” that has been tainted by compromise on significant issues like un-born child extermination. A godly man should have the guts to run as an independent exercising faith that God is in control and that man does not need to be placated by a certain “party” affiliation which gives the candidate a  “better “ chance of winning. It’s not about winning, it is about doing the Right thing in faith and letting God be in control, other wise we Christians contradict our own belief that God is Sovereign.

If we Christians suffer here on earth under unjust rulers, so what! We are only here temporarily and will be in a Better place eternally. Let the worse of 2 evils run the country if there aren’t enough godly people to stand and vote for un-affiliated godly men or that have the faith not to vote at all when there is no godly option.

It is sin to put our fear and doubt ahead of God’s Sovereignty and Justness. We are in a fallen world and since we haven’t yet done enough to effect change as God’s vessels among our fellow man we will pay the price for the majority of people desiring to be led by un-godly, weak, cowards that will placate man for their own glory and honor instead of honoring God.

Dear brethren, I am a past and current offender of these sins against our heavenly Father and I thank Him for His mercy and forgiveness. It’s not too late to change and over come the fear and faithlessness that has led to the state of things in this country today. I need your prayers and encouragement brothers and you have my prayers and encouragement. Come and stand against evil, get out of your comfort zone and together we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.

In Christ Jesus,

Christopher Earl, a son of God, husband and father.

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THE IDENTITY THEFT MYTH.

Dear friends I want to clear up the myth that identity theft is only of a financial nature where some one uses your personally identifiable information(ssan, name, d.o.b.) to open a new bank account, credit card or line of credit. While this is one type of i d theft, there are 4 other types of i d theft I want to make you aware of because they can be personally devastating and life threatening.
 
1) Social security # i d theft. ie #1: Miguel from Mexico uses your ss # to get a job here in the U. S. ie #2: some one uses your name and ss # to file a fraudulent tax return in order to get a refund. This stunt was being done right here in Mo. recently by some folks in KC, Mo. using the ss # and names of ederly folks to file phony tax returns and they got over $13m in refunds.
 
2) Drivers license i d theft. ie: some one has a drivers license with their picture and your information on it so that if they get arrested after being pulled over for dui/dwi the charges will go on your record and when they are a no show at their court date a warrant is issued for your arrest which is served next time you are stopped for a minor traffic violation. Gotcha!
 
3) Medical records i d theft. ie: some one uses your information and medical insurance benefits to have major surgery or get cancer treatments or to cover the fact that they are hiv positive. Now your medical records are corrupted and are practically impossible to correct.
 
4) Criminal/Character i d theft. ie: some one commits tax or financial fraud in your name to cover their tracks resulting in your good name being tarnished and having to convince authorities that it was not you who did these things.
 
5) Financial i d theft.
 
I hope this helps.
 
Christopher Earl, Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist (CITRMS)
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